Inkstand



(No Model.)

A E. DAVIS.

INKSTAND.

No. 413,390. Patented 09u22.A 18,89-,

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ATTORNEY` UNITED STATES i cheap and practical inkstand, constructed to Y indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

' The main cover B is by preference made of' .the ink tothe funnel by displacement.

struction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

ing drawings, forming part of this speci- PATENT OFF-ICE.

EMRY DAVIS, OF KANE, PENNSYLVANIA.

INKSTAND.

SPECIFICATION forming-part pf Letters retest No. 413,390, dated october 22, 1889.

"Appneetien nea Meret z2, 1839.1

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMRY Davis, of Kane, in the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Inkstand, otwhich the. following is a full, clear, and exact description. The object of my invention is to provide avoid almost altogether the evaporation of ink, the stand being provided with an apertured tloat which carries the dip-funnel above the cover, and is adapted to be depressed by pressure of the pen at the funnel to elevate The invention consists, principally, in the employment of a check in the ink-passage through the oat to prevent the ink from being forced in a jet up into the dip-funnel.

The invention Aalsoconsists in the employment of a double-walled cover forming a chlmber to catch and return any overfiow of in i A The invention finally consists in the con- Reference is to be had to the accompanycation, in which similar letters fvreference Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved inkstand. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the dip-funn el removed.

A represents the body of the inkstaud, of glass or any` other switable material, and formed with the screw-threads wat the top.

hard rubber. It is formed with-the screwthreaded flange b to fit thethreads a; but other means for attaching the cover to the body may be employed, if desired.

C is the tube to receive the tloat D. This tube is by preference made a partof the cover B, and is formed as a part of the annular plate E, as shown clearly in Fig. l; and the tube reaches down nearly to the bottom of the ink space or well. The said plate E is by preference made an integral part of the main cover, and above this plate rises the top or dome F. This dome and the plate E form the overflow space or chamber Gf, and the plate E is carried downward, as shown at e,

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to lead back into the well any ink that may rise through the tube C or between its walls and the float D. In the ,center of the dome F is formed the opening f, which is of the same diameter as the tube C 'and coincident therewith, and thisvopening is surroundedby the inwardlyproj ecti ng screw-threaded flan ge or collar j", on which is screwed the supplemental annular cover H, in the central opening of which fits the upper end 0i' the tube ,D" of the float D. This tube reaches down through the float and is the passage through which the ink is elevated to-,the funnel I when the iioat is depressed or forced downward into the well, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

.The dip-tunnel screws into the top of the tube D', and its lower end is formed with the check t', which prevents the ink from being forced in a jet up into the funnelv when the iioat and funnel are forced downward by pressure onv the pen placed Vin the funnel. Thechecl; t', instead of beingmade a part of thefunnel, may be placed anywhere in the passage D. The ink, after passing the check t', enters the funnel through the openings t" above the check.

At the top of the inkstand A is placed the ring J, of soft rubber, felt, leather, or any other.. suitable material, to be compressedV when the cover` is screwed down to make a liquid and air tightconnection of the cover to the stand. v y

In usethe body Ais top with ink. The cover B is then simply screwed down tight upon the body A. Normally the, iioat D will be held bythe ink with its upper end against the supplemental cover Il, in which position the ink in the Vtube D' `filled nearly to the will recede to a level of the ink in the stand,

A, so that only a very small surface is exposed to the external air, and hence the evaporation is reduced to a minimum. In dipping the pen a slight pressure therewith must be exerted in the dip-funnel I, whichforces the iioat D down in the tube C and into the-ink, Y

and by displacement causes the ink` to ,rise

rapidly in the tube D and fill the funnel and Onlitting the pen the float The upward flow ICO Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ism- 1. An inks't'and provided With a cover,V couibined with a tube fitted in the cover, a float placed in the tube, a dip-funnel itted in the iioat, and a check placed in the passage of the float, substantially as and'for the purposes described.

2. The cover B, formed with a plate E and surrounding flange b, the plateE being formed With a tube C, which projects down into the ink-Well, substantially as described.

3. The cover B, formed with the plate E and dome F, having opening f, the said dome and plate forming a space G, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The cover B, formed with the plate E,

EMRY DAVIS.

VVitnesses:

A. D. CLARK, F. M. BRooDER. 

